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And the Band Played On: The Titanic Violinist and the Glove Maker - A True Story of Love, Loss and Betrayal
by Ward, Christopher
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F/VG++/VG++
- ISBN 10
- 1444707949
- ISBN 13
- 9781444707946
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About This Item
HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Imp: 3rd.* Date of Publication: 2011* Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton.* Binding and cover condition: Red cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper now in clear un-attached protective jacket. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £20.00. Minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, absolutely minimal marks to top edge, otherwise no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: A number of b/w photos and reproductions throughout.* Pages: 263 pp. text. xi pp. epilogue. bibliography, acknowledgements & picture acknowledgements at rear.* Description: On 14th April 1912 the Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sank. Fifteen hundred passengers and crew lost their lives. As the order to abandon ship was given, the orchestra took their instruments on deck and continued to play. They were still playing when the ship went down. The violinist, 21 year-old Jock Hume, knew that his fiancée, Mary, was expecting their first child, the author's mother. One hundred years later, Christopher Ward reveals a dramatic story of love, loss and betrayal, and the catastrophic impact of Jock's death on two very different Scottish families. He paints a vivid portrait of an age in which class determined the way you lived - and died.* A FINE copy with absolutely minimal faults. Dust jacket now in clear protective jacket.*
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- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125
- Title
- And the Band Played On: The Titanic Violinist and the Glove Maker - A True Story of Love, Loss and Betrayal
- Author
- Ward, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F/VG++/VG++
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 3rd. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 1444707949
- ISBN 13
- 9781444707946
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London Uk 275
- Date Published
- 2011-05-26
- Size
- 15.2 x 2.8 x 22.9 cm
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